Russell Hodges ✝️🇪🇺🇵🇸

Catholic ordinand in the Church of England. Dentist, Europhile, opera lover.

[Russell Hodges ✝️🇪🇺🇵🇸 @dalinset]

St. Pio of Pietrelcina Ora pro nobis 🙏

[Russell Hodges ✝️🇪🇺🇵🇸 @dalinset]

Panem de caelo praestitisti eis
Omne delectamentum in se habentem

#CorpusChristi

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@FinallyHuman Acetone should do it

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@FinallyHuman @ALucieSmith Yes, but accepts ordination to the permanent diaconate .

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@JamesRice21 Some may have translated to Sunday

[EWTN Vatican @EWTNVatican]

"La Mamma è sempre con noi!" “Our Mother is always with us!”

With simple and tender words, at the feet of Our Lady of the Rosary, Pope Leo XIV turned a simple greeting into a small catechesis of the heart: when we walk with Mary, we are never alone.

[Russell Hodges ✝️🇪🇺🇵🇸 @dalinset]

@GrahamBrack Lord have mercy! 🤦‍♂️😖

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@FrenchAnglican Looking forward to it!

[Russell Hodges ✝️🇪🇺🇵🇸 @dalinset]

RT @FatherNaylor: The King absolutely Magisterial. Seeing both sides of the US political divide in awe of His Majesty is a real reminder to…

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@Rgt71Robert @kimleadbeater The HOL job was to scrutinise a bill that did not stand up to close scrutiny. It did its job admirably and IMO well justified its existence

[Richard Bastable @rmbastable]

O blessed day! that sees the Leadbetter-Falconer euthanasia bill consigned to the dumpster fire of bad legislation for ever!

Thank you, Noble Lords, for revealing the dangers of this unworkable bill.

Praise God for its defeat. Alleluia! 🙏🏻

[Russell Hodges ✝️🇪🇺🇵🇸 @dalinset]

@jsdhenderson @rbo_org They did ! Was it with June Anderson? I think it was
The dumbing down of all the ROH (I still won’t use their new ghastly name) comms is not only intensely irritating it’s also ill-researched .

[Anglican Communion News Service @AnglicanNews]

The Archbishop of Canterbury has joined Pope Leo XIV in calling for peace.

In a statement issued today, the Archbishop says 'I stand with my brother in Christ, His Holiness Pope Leo XIV, in his courageous call for a kingdom of peace. As innocent people are killed and displaced, families torn apart, and futures destroyed, the human cost of war is incalculable. It is the calling of every Christian – and of all people of faith and goodwill – to work and pray for peace.'

The statement also notes: 'Time spent with Anglican Primates from across the Communion at my installation in Canterbury was a reminder of how many conflicts continue beyond the front pages of our news, yet demand no less our concern and prayer.'

Read the full statement on Anglican News: https://t.co/5kwNaVFo8u

Or on the website for the Archbishop of Canterbury: https://t.co/dG6txUsXgc

[Pope Leo XIV @Pontifex]

Woe to those who manipulate religion and the very name of God for their own military, economic, and political gain, dragging that which is sacred into darkness and filth. #ApostolicJourney #Cameroon https://t.co/bKteFZ3iWE

[Papal Supremacy ✝️🇻🇦 @papalsupremacy]

Pope Leo XIV works for Jesus Christ.

Donald Trump works for Benjamin Netanyahu.

Know the difference.

[RosarySon @SkyVirginSon]

With all due respect to the Office of the President, this post contains several claims that are factually inaccurate and theologically misguided, and as a Catholic I feel compelled to respond.

1. The Pope was not elected to please any president.

Pope Leo XIV was elected by 133 cardinals from across the world in a sacred conclave, on the fourth ballot, on May 8, 2025. 

The Holy Spirit guides the conclave, not American politics.

To suggest that “if I wasn’t in the White House, Leo wouldn’t be in the Vatican”  is not only historically ignorant but theologically offensive to every Catholic on earth.

2. He was not an unknown outsider.

Pope Leo XIV served as Prefect of the Dicastery for Bishops under Pope Francis, one of the most powerful roles in the Vatican, responsible for selecting bishops for dioceses worldwide. 

He was one of the most qualified candidates in the College of Cardinals.

3. He is deeply rooted in service, not politics.

An Augustinian missionary who worked for decades in Peru, Pope Leo XIV dedicated his life to the poor and the Gospel long before any political figure noticed him. 

His name honors Leo XIII, the Pope who championed workers’ rights and the poor during the Industrial Revolution, a tradition of Catholic Social Teaching that predates any modern political party.

4. The Pope’s role is prophetic, not partisan.

When the Pope speaks on peace, nuclear weapons, immigration, or the dignity of nations, he is fulfilling the mission of Christ, not opposing any government.

His first words as Pope were “Peace be with you all,”  echoing the Risen Christ (John 20:19).

A Pope who is silent on injustice would be failing his divine mandate.

5. Demanding a Pope “get in line” with a president contradicts 2,000 years of Church history.

From St. Peter before Nero, to St. Thomas More before Henry VIII, to John Paul II before Soviet communism, the Church has never existed to validate earthly power.

“We must obey God rather than men.” (Acts 5:29)

As Catholics, we pray for all leaders, including President Trump.

But we stand firmly with our Holy Father.

Habemus Papam. And he answers to God alone.

[Archdiocese of Southwark @RC_Southwark]

Archbishop John Wilson has called on us all to pray for our Holy Father, Pope Leo XIV 🙏

“May the Lord preserve him, and give him life, and make him blessed upon the earth, and deliver him not up to the will of his enemies”

Amen

[Christopher Hale @ChristopherHale]

If Bishop Barron doesn’t respond to this direct attack on Pope Leo XIV, he should resign from his office.

[James Martin, SJ @JamesMartinSJ]

I doubt Pope Leo XIV will lose any sleep over this, before he begins his pilgrimage to Africa tomorrow. But the rest of us should. Because it is unhinged, uncharitable and unchristian. Is there no bottom to this moral squalor?

[Christopher Hale @ChristopherHale]

In a prayer vigil for peace, Pope Leo XIV delivered his sharpest condemnation of the Trump-Vance war on Iran to date.

He called the current moment a “delusion of omnipotence” and condemned the dragging of God's name “into discourses of death.”

Leaders who turn their backs on God, the pope said, have turned themselves and their own power into a “mute, blind, and deaf idol” that demands the whole world bend its knee.

“Enough of war. True strength is shown in serving life.”

He told the faithful that he receives letters from children in war zones every day.

“They tell of the pain and sorrow of war, while grown-ups boast of its effects. We must listen to the children.” https://t.co/diozdsCni2

[EWTN News Nightly @EWTNNewsNightly]

War only deepens hatred and division. "Attacks on civilian infrastructure violate international law and are also a sign of hatred, division, and destruction," Pope Leo XIV said. In this powerful address, the Holy Father renews his call from Easter Sunday: to reject violence, seek dialogue, and remember the innocent who suffer most. As the Iran conflict continues to escalate, his plea is simple yet profound, “Let’s come back to the table” and work for peace.